SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Allie Jones set a personal best in the heptathlon on Friday to finish as the top collegian and third overall at the Adams-Klein Combined Events Invitational at Westmont College.
Competing in her hometown, Jones set four personal bests in seven events to score 5,272 points – a 174-point improvement on her previous best from the U.S. Junior Championships in 2018. Her total moves her to No. 8 on Stanford's all-time performers' list and is Stanford's highest score in 12 years.
Jones set PB's on Thursday in the high jump (5-4, 1.63m) and 200 (24.91). She had two more Friday, in the javelin (113-5 ¾, 34.59m) and 800 (2:21.98). Her 800 was a five-second improvement on her previous best.
No American had a better score than Jones before this weekend, but with the outdoor season gaining steam, this is the first weekend that heptathlons are scheduled in NCAA Division I competition.
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Adams-Klein Combined Events Invitational
At Westmont College, Santa Barbara
Women
Heptathlon: 1, Juanita Webster (Santa Barbara TC) 5,875; 3, Allie Jones (Stanford) 5,272.
Allie Jones (event, place in event, mark, points, place in competition):
First day: 100 hurdles – 4, 13.93, 988 (4); High jump – 12, 5-4 (1.63m), 771 (11); Shot put – 14, 35-4 (10.77m), 580 (11); 200 -- 2, 24.91, 895 (7). First day total: 3,234.
Second day: Long jump – 8, 17-9 ¼ (5.42m), 677 (6); Javelin – 9, 113-5 ¾ (34.59m), 564 (6); 800 – 3, 2:21.98, 797 (3). Second-day total: 2,038.
Final total: 5,272 (PB).
